MTL Christmas - Page 65

my faith
mtl Note: Do you ever feel distracted, or even
defeated, at Christmas? Ann Voskamp, author of
One Thousand Gifts, shares with us how to reflect
and refocus on the Greatest Gift this season.
Ann, Christian families want Jesus to be the greatest
gift, but too often our good intentions get crowded
out by the commercial noise of December. How has
your family navigated this?
Definitely—what Christian families want at Christmas can
be drowned out by the noise of December. Our family gets
it, and we’ve wrestled hard with it.
How did Christmas become something that we could
return on Boxing Day—when Christ came to be. with.
us?
How did Christmas get handcuffed by chains of Big
Box stores—when the Christ Child came small and
subversively and for freedom?
How did Christmas get to be more about cheap stuff than
a lavish Savior?
What makes us scared to do Christmas counter-culture—
when it’s about God upending everything?
For us, we’ve purposed to have a Simplified, Sane and
Sacred Christmas. Simplified isn’t about circumstances—
but about Focus. How do we focus simply on Christ? Want
a Simplified Christmas—Celebrate Chri